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Mobile Care and Support Assistant

Mccarthy Stone

The Role

Overview

Provide personalised care and support to older adults across multiple retirement homes.

Key Responsibilities

  • personal care
  • domestic support
  • social support
  • transport
  • housekeeping

Tasks

-Support Individual Homeowners: Provide personalised care, including help with daily activities, personal hygiene, and medication assistance. Offer domestic support such as cleaning, shopping, and managing household tasks. -Social Support: Assist homeowners with social activities, transport arrangements, and attending appointments, enhancing their overall well-being and social connections. -Housekeeping: Maintain communal areas within our developments to a high standard, ensuring a clean, tidy, and welcoming environment for all homeowners.

Requirements

  • flexibility
  • uk licence
  • interpersonal
  • empathy
  • level 2
  • leadership

What You Bring

-Flexibility: The ability to work on a rota basis, to include early mornings, lates and alternate weekends. -Driving Licence: This is a field-based role, so a valid UK driving licence is required, along with a willingness to travel between developments. -Skills & Experience: Strong interpersonal skills, empathy, and the ability to manage your time effectively. Ideally you will have previous experience in a care environment with a level 2 health and social care. We are willing to accept applications from those without care experience looking for a career change as full training and growth qualifications provided. -Management and leadership training and support with professional qualifications

Benefits

-Company pension -Get a £250 joining bonus and a further £250 when you pass probation.*** -28 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays (pro rata if part time hours) -Life insurance -Uniform and mobile phone provided. -Professional Development: We support your growth with training opportunities, including the chance to work towards a Diploma in Health and Social Care and to progress to a senior care assistant role if that is something you would be interested in. -Discounts on apartment purchases for employees and immediate family -Travel Expenses Covered: Use your personal car for work with all travel expenses fully reimbursed and parking available on site. -The opportunity to earn extra income from our staff referral scheme (Up to £500 per referral) -24/7 access to Employee Assist Programme (including counsellors and legal advisors) and access to inhouse Mental Health First Aiders -Opportunities to stay in our guest suites across all our developments UK wide

The Company

About Mccarthy Stone

-They focus on brownfield town‑centre sites close to amenities, combining construction, property sales, management, and tailored support services. -Notably, they remain the landlord and managing agent on all developments built since 2010, ensuring consistent quality and oversight. -In 2020, they were acquired by Lone Star Funds in a £647 million deal, later partnering with Macquarie and John Laing to finance a rental portfolio.

Sector Specialisms

Residential

Retirement Communities

Extra Care

Supported Housing

Communal Facilities

Property Management

Care and Support Services